COVER N. 259 - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Pošte Srpske)

Postmark: Banja Luka 78112 19.05.2023

Posted on the 19th May; Received on the 30th May 2023
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"Não há fome que não dê em fartura! " There is no hunger that will not turn into abundance! 

So reads an old Portuguese adaggio, which I'm reasonably sure must not have been used many times, if any, in connection with philatelic covers, but I couldn't help  uttering  it when I opened up my letterbox just a couple of days after receiving my first cover from Bosnia Herzegovina from Eric, for a second one was lying there, waiting to be picked up and opened, sent by.... you've guessed, "The ghost that walks"...

Again, Thank you so much, Alex.

As I've mentioned on my notes about Eric's cover, Bosnia and Herzegovina have quite a complex... everything.  And the Postal Service does not escape the norm, so instead of one operator there are three. 

This time, the cover I received came through  Pošte Srpske, the Postal Services operator for  Republika Srpska, one of the three constituent parts of the State.

Stamps left to right

- 0,75 Convertible Markstamp, part of a set of three issued on 17JUL2014, dedicated to wooden churches. The church depicted is that of  a Church dedicated to the translation of the relics of St. Nicholas in Jelićka, which was classified as "National Monument" by the State Commission for the Preservation of  National Monuments.

- The two dog stamps are part of a nine stamp definitive set issued on 27OCT2022 (=,10; 0,20; 0,60; 1,0; 1,10; 2,0; 3,30; 7,0; 10,0 Convertible Mark) themed on dog races. 

I'm no dog expert so I cannot name the races, but as far as I could understand the 0,10 dog (a Labrador retriever?) is named Uardi and the one on the 0,20, Rea.

- 0,90 CM stamp, part of a set of four (0,90; 1,0; 1,5; 2,0 CM) dedicated to cities of the Republika Srpska, issued on 20SEP2021. This particular stamp is dedicated to the city of  Trebinje.. The images on the stamp are a lilac photo of  Trebinje's old town, with the sillouete of  Gracanica Church in the back and an image of the Monument to Jovan Dučić (1871 - 1943) a Serb poet and diplomat born in Trebinje, in the foreground.

The postmark indicates the letter was sent from Republika Srpska's capital, and the second largest city of Bosnia Herzegovina: Banja Luka.